2009 Daily Newspaper Award Winners

GENERAL EXCELLENCE – DAILY PRINT:

1st Idaho Statesman
2nd    Idaho Press-Tribune    
3rd    Times-News
Honorable Mention –  Idaho State Journal

GENERAL NEWS STORY – DAILY PRINT

1st    Laurie Welch – Times-News – “Unsettled Dust”
2nd    John O’Connell – Idaho State Journal – “Accreditation eludes museum”
3rd    John Bulger – Idaho State Journal – “Labor of love”

SPOT NEWS COVERAGE – DAILY PRINT

1st     Katy Moeller – Idaho Statesman – “Boat trip turns tragic for 12 on Payette Lake”
2nd    Damon Hunzeker – Times-News – “Rupert man arrested after wrong turn – into prosecutor’s garage”
3rd    Cody Bloomsburg & Casey Santee – Idaho State Journal – “Deluge”

WATCHDOG/INVESTIGATIVE REPORT – DAILY PRINT

1st    Dan Popkey – Idaho Statesman – “Pilot ‘outed’ by false accusation”
2nd    TIE
Sean Ellis – Idaho State Journal – “Church of the firstborn”
Dan Popkey – Idaho Statesman – “AG:  Schools lost out on cheap lakeside leases”
3rd    TIE
Rebecca Boone – The Associated Press – “Private Prison Violence”
Ben Botkin – Times-News – “Questions raised about CSI / builder relationship”

SERIOUS FEATURE REPORT – DAILY PRINT

1st     Jessie L. Bonner – The Associated Press – “Backcountry mail pilot helps preserve way of life”
2nd    Rebecca Boone, Mike Warren – The Associated Press – “A matter of will”
3rd     Michael Deeds – Idaho Statesman – “A second chance”
Honorable Mention
Debbie Bryce – Idaho State Journal – “Out of the shadows”

LIGHT FEATURE REPORT – DAILY PRINT    

1st    Tim Woodward – Idaho Statesman – “Remember the great depression”
2nd    Alecia Warren – Coeur d’Alene Press – “Garbage Gal”
3rd    Yann Ranaivo – Idaho State Journal – “Miracle miles”
Honorable Mention – John O’Connell – Idaho State Journal – “Life is sweet”

SERIES – DAILY PRINT

1st    Joshua Palmer, Meagan Thompson – Times-News – “Follow the barley”
2nd    Casey Santee – Idaho State Journal – “Dome Dream”
3rd    Bradley Guire, David Bashore, Ryan Howe, Megan Thompson, Sandy Salas, Drew Godleski, James Wright, David Cooper, Eric Larsen – Times-News – “The Price to Play”
Honorable Mention
John O’Connell – Idaho State Journal – “Medical Mission”    
Alison Boggs – The Spokesman-Review – “A difficult blessing”

OUTDOOR FEATURE – DAILY PRINT

1st    Kris Millgate – Post Register – “Pepper vs. Powder”
2nd    Roger Phillips – Idaho Statesman – “Hunter vs. Wolf”
3rd    John Bulger – Idaho State Journal – “Bonneville Cutthroats”

SPORTS NEWS COVERAGE – DAILY PRINT

1st    Kevin Ang – Idaho State Journal – “It’s not always easy to watch”
2nd    Bradley Guire – Times-News – “The Scoop on Scooping”
3rd     TIE
Chadd Cripe – Idaho Statesman – “Where do BCS bucks go?”
Jesse Baumgartner – Lewiston Tribune – “Guts and Glory”
Honorable Mention – Chadd Cripe – Idaho Statesman – “Social networking and sports collide”

SPORTS FEATURE STORY – DAILY PRINT

1st    Jesse Zentz – Idaho Statesman – “The son also rises”
2nd     Chadd Cripe – Idaho Statesman – “Death still resonates”
3rd     Ryan Howe – Times-News – “Crane’s Coverage”

GENERAL COLUMN – DAILY PRINT

1st     Katherine Jones – Idaho Statesman – “Faith and fearlessness; Emerging from the darkness of mental illness; Understanding the circle of life”
2nd    Craig Bosley – Idaho State Journal – “Remembering the good days; Have we earned what veterans gave us?; Christmases past”
3rd     Tim Woodward – Idaho Statesman – “A perfect world would be paint-free; A ‘worthless’ dog – until it vanished; From glue pots to e-editions”

SPECIALTY COLUMN – DAILY PRINT

1st    Pete Zimowsky – Idaho Statesman – “You can introduce kids to nature; Safe bike commuting; Beware of Moose on the loose”
2nd    Michael Deeds – Idaho Statesman – “Rough-sounding music?; Kanye West is a symptom of a larger cultural challenge; Retweet after me”
3rd    Jill Kuraitis – NewWest.net – “Transportation Money Match is Advantage: Otter; Let Human Needs Guide Budget-Makers; Talking Renewable Entergy: a Cognitive Dissonance”

EDITORIAL – DAILY PRINT

1st    Vickie Holbrook – Idaho Press-Tribune – “Local judges understand valley crime; County, Idaho must provide quality legal defense work; Firefighter pay hike not reasonable”
2nd     David Woolsey – Idaho Press-Tribune – “Ban texting while driving; Statehouse debate not simple; Legislature may need recess”
3rd     Kevin Richert – Idaho Statesman – “A success story and a model for the future; Police conduct is disturbing; so is the city’s reaction to it; Why are they still here?”

HEADLINES – DAILY PRINT

1st    Genie Arcano, Joi Topete, Jason Lantz, Craig Sonoda – Idaho Statesman – “H20HHH!; Home, home in the Grange; Idaho inmates redeem wrongs with a write; Even the smell gets recycled; Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh girl!; New school is a lesson in itself”
2nd    Benjamin Kennedy – Idaho State Journal – “Peli-can’ts; Goooaaalll!;  Yes we can; A fowl business; So long Charlie”
3rd    Bill Wambeke – Times – News – “Showing, not telling; Gun fight; Bow ‘Wow’!; Praying for the perpetrator; Death of date night; A line worth waiting for”

PAGE DESIGN – DAILY PRINT

1st    Randy Lavorante – Idaho Press-Tribune – “Warning Signs”
2nd    Patrick Davis – Idaho Statesman – “Suit Up; Holiday dazzle; Cool stuff”
3rd    Benjamin Kennedy – Idaho State Journal – “Turkey Day primer; Pocatello big bands”

SPOT NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY – DAILY PRINT

1st     Katherine Jones – Idaho Statesman – “Sand Hollow Fire”
2nd     Charlie Litchfield – Idaho Press-Tribune – “Grieving Mother”
3rd     Bill Schaefer – Idaho State Journal – “Auto Accident”
Honorable Mention
Chris Butler – Idaho Statesman – “River Claims Man’s Life”
Laurie Welch – Times-News – “Too Close for Comfort”

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHY – DAILY PRINT

1st    Greg Keller – Idaho Press-Tribune – “Walking Dino”
2nd    Bill Schaefer – Idaho State Journal – “Lil’ Cowpoke Rodeo”
3rd    Joe Kline – Idaho State Journal – “Roping’
Honorable Mention
Chris Butler – Idaho Statesman – Lots of water, now will it last”
Shawn Raecke – Idaho Statesman – “Yes says the ballerina”

GENERAL NEWS PHOTOGRAPHY – DAILY PRINT

1st    Bill Schaefer – Idaho State Journal – “Flu Vaccination”
2nd    Mike Vogt – Idaho Press-Tribune – “Caldwell Night Rodeo”
3rd    Joe Kline – Idaho State Journal – “Sunset Bluegrass”
Honorable Mention – Joe Jaszewski – Idaho Statesman – “First Day of Wolf Hunt”

SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY – DAILY PRINT

1st    Katherine Jones – Idaho Statesman – “Boise’s Ironman”
2nd    Joe Kline – Idaho State Journal – “State Champs”
3rd    Bill Schaefer – Idaho State Journal – “Eyes on the Prize”
Honorable Mention – Darin Oswald – Idaho Statesman – “Slide  Home”

PHOTO ESSAY – DAILY PRINT

1st    Joe Jaszewski – Idaho Statesman – “Robert Manwill”
2nd    Staff – Idaho Statesman – “2009 Special Olympics”

GRAPHICS – DAILY PRINT

1st    Patrick Davis – Idaho Statesman – “Fishing Idaho 101”
2nd    Patrick Davis – Idaho Statesman – “Keep your bike rolling”
3rd    Patrick Davis – Idaho Statesman – “The language of tomatoes”    

ARTS / ENTERTAINMENT REPORTING – DAILY PRINT

1st    Kristin Rodine – Idaho Statesman – “Arts, energy and a ‘gazillion things'”
2nd    Dana Oland – Idaho Statesman – “Recession takes toll on performing arts”
3RD    Dan Lea – Idaho Press-Tribune – “Limited engagement:  One night only”

POLITICAL REPORTING – DAILY PRINT

1st    Betsy Z. Russell – The Spokesman-Review – “Ex-official says politics played a role in firing”
2nd    Sharon Strauss, Brian Dooley – Idaho Press-Tribune – “First 100 days”
3rd    Bethann Stewart – Idaho Statesman – “Is the Idaho meth project working?”

EDUCATION REPORTING – DAILY PRINT

1st     Ben Botkin – Times-News – “A sense of the classroom”
2nd    Jessie L. Bonner – The Associated Press – “In Idaho,  2 types of public school systems compete”
3rd    John O’Connell – Idaho State Journal – “Starting over”

BUSINESS REPORTING – DAILY PRINT

1st    Ariel Hansen – Times-News – “One Valley, One Economy”
2nd    Kristin Rodine – Idaho Statesman – “Demise of ambitious project stirs worry, hope in Nampa”    
3rd    Bill Roberts – Idaho Statesman – “Picking up DBSI’s pieces”

AGRICULTURE REPORTING  – DAILY PRINT

1st    Virginia Hutchins – Times-News – “Shoving Sheep”
2nd    Bethann Stewart – Idaho Statesman – “Urban farmers make the most of tiny Boise plots”
3rd    John O’Connell – Idaho State Journal – “Sweet business”

CRIME / COURTS REPORTING – DAILY PRINT

1st    Kristin Rodine  – Idaho Statesman – “Double standard?  Women molesters”
2nd    Betsy Z. Russell – The Spokesman-Review – “Case points out judge’s dual role”
3rd    Cynthia Sewell – Idaho Statesman – “Finding LeAnn”
Honorable Mention – Patrick Orr – Idaho Statesman – “Prosecutors opting not to seek executions”

RELIGION REPORTING – DAILY PRINT

1st    Andrew Weeks – Times-News – “Happy outside the church:  Ex-Mormon groups offer support”
2nd    Andrew Weeks – Times-News – “No longer a slave:  Outreach ministry offers hope to addicts”
3rd    Jimmy Hancock – Idaho State Journal – “Local Temple hopes”

ENVIRONMENT REPORTING – DAILY PRINT

1st    TIE
Tim Woodward – Idaho Statesman – “A forest in decline”
John Bulger – Idaho State Journal – “Still Raging”
2nd    Bill Schaefer – Idaho State Journal – “Striking a Balance”
3rd    Jesse Nance – Idaho Press-Tribune  – “Solar, wind on the rise in Idaho”
Honorable Mention
Nate Poppino – Times-News – “Faded Forest”

HEALTH/MEDICAL REPORTING – DAILY PRINT

1st    Blair Koch –Times-News – “The cost of caring:  Home health care braces for cuts”
2nd    Colleen LaMay – Idaho Statesman – “Middle class battles illness, medical bills”
3rd    Melissa Davlin – Times-News – “From amputation comes freedom”

SPECIAL SECTION- DAILY PRINT

1st    Staff – Idaho Press-Tribune – “Portraits of Idaho – Calvacade 2009”
2nd    Staff – Idaho Statesman – “Helping build a community for 145 years”
3rd    Staff – Idaho Statesman – “Special Olympics”
Honorable Mention
Joshua Palmer, Blair Koch, Cindy Snyder, Andrew Weeks, Bill Wambeke – The Twin Falls Times News – “Magic Valley Business Review”

ROOKIE OF THE YEAR – DAILY PRINT

1st    Dan Angell – Idaho State Journal